George H. Christian was a manager at the Washburn-Crosby Company in Minneapolis who worked out a...
Twin Cities Area
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Apartments
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wilder Public Baths
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Robbinsdale Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Greater Minnesota
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
After one hundred and twenty years, the mystery of what happened to Clara Ober between the evening...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Jordan Brewery Complex
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Almelund Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
District 6 School in New Sweden
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Le Sueur Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Visiting Golden Gate
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Moving Old Hibbing
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Florence Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Sandstone
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Ruins of Sawyer School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The End of the Line in Currie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Dotson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hanover Bridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Old Wadena
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Meyer School In St Augusta
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Endion School In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
State Theater In Hutchinson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Franconia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Enter Marlon Brando
Lost Highway 61
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Little Marais Inn
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Red Wing Iron Works
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Endion Depot In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
District 48 School Near Delano
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown